Criminal Records Bureau and the Vetting & Barring Scheme

How they apply to staff and volunteers in advice organisations

Should advice service staff and volunteers be CRB checked? What do you do if information is disclosed on a CRB disclosure certificate?  A briefing available to download below provides guidance for members, but please read in the light of this announcement made by the government on Friday 11 February 2011 regarding major changes to the criminal record regime and vetting and barring scheme.  In summary, this announcement means that:

• the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) and criminal records regime will be scaled back
• the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will be merged
• there will be a large reduction of the number of positions requiring checks to just those working most closely and regularly with children and vulnerable adults
• portability of criminal records checks between jobs
• a end to a requirement for those working or volunteering with vulnerable groups to register with the VBS and then be continuously monitored by the ISA.

The latest information on the can be found at www.direct.gov.uk/vetting or www.businesslink.gov.uk/vbs

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